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uitletl'tntrswstmt @ffice -E own-1R D l senese, o sis-'U F o R 1 5 SVI-n I s' Sres 'refer .Leim-PWMNO. 67,147, dated .my 23, 186?` IMPROVEMENT '1N corren-PRESS.

Be it known that I, EDWARD STUART, of Slmfordsville,'in the county' of O'olahomn, in the Siete oi Mississippi, lmve invented a .new and useful Iiuprov'emeutpn a.. Cotton-Press; and I do hereby declaro'thot the following is :i full, clear, nucl exnctflcscription of the construction 'adoperotion of the suine.

' The section A is a side view ofruck t; the plungrsff, the eccentric @the pinion d, und the shoulders b.

The section B -is' n top view of t'lie rack `i, the rack-bar e, the shoulders bb,'tl1e` eccentric @and the plnngrs ff. v 4 i, i

The sectiou'C'is a side view of shaft g, the pnion'd, and lever The pinion Aeis ai topwiew.

The' section lD -is .a top view of'cotton-press. u Y I. i Y l The section E is `a. side view of thesame 'andvleven A l 'l I l The nannrelp. my,.inxen.tn1ncmxsisismilie contraction :1Lnogssensl...misemanic-.nbeelgmrliingZ Epondie principle of la. wedge'. l

` To enable others skilled in the art to make and. use my invention,` I will proceed 'to describe its consti-nc. tion nml operation. n Y f I construct three rows of cogs on tlie rack-bor c, placing one cog in frontiof the other, just half itsftliiekness, so that thecogs on onesiile of thev rack'll the entire spaces on the oppostefsideythereby obvinting the great liiculty of theslipping and breaking of coge, wit-li great pressure, byv overcoming the space that Woul'l occur between cogsglthe same size and length, on straiglitjline; also reducing tlie' friction.

The use of the eccentrico, on the shaft g, just above-the pinion d tlmt works'u rack t, is' to assist` 'the c-ogs,` at the time offthe greatest pressure, inpressing n bnle of cotton by operating agninst the shoulders b b on the rack-bar e, near each end. The lever h, the eccentric a,nd pinion d are attached vto shaft 'g, which operates the rack't to tlie right and left, so us top ress `u. bnle of cotton nt encli end of cotton-boxes s s olternntely. The rack t, the shoulders b b, that the eccentric a operates afgainslan'dtheplungers ff, are ttochcd to the rack-bnr e. Thc press isopernted by horse-power,attached to one or both ends of thc lever h., which is sniliciently long tojzgnlinit the hoi-Sosio pass around the press. Three and a half .rei'olutione of vthe lcreijfpress n bale of cotton.

Wliot I consider new, and olnini foi-,my invention, vnntl desire to secure by Letters Patent, is.-.

The combination of the pcculin: construction of cogs and' eccentricwlleel, so as to proven-t coge fronr breaking with great pressure, as described in the specification.

EDWARD STUART.

Witnesses: l

J. W. WILKERsoN, G. R. BRIDGES.' 

